Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (13.2001(2002))

CHHiM

LEBANON

CHHIM
EXPLORATIONS, 2001
Tomasz Waliszewski

The joint Lebanese-Polish archaeological mission of the Direction Generale des Antiquites
and the Polish Center of Archaeology of Warsaw University worked on the site of the ancient
village of Chhim for the sixth season in a row.1)
With an eye to clarifying matters of chronology and stratigraphy the mission concentrated
on digging in the area of the temenos situated in front of the Roman temple and of the
dwellings immediately north of it (Fig. 1 )■ Progress was also made in the uncovering of the
E.II oil-press located on the terrace above the Byzantine basilica.
1) Fieldwork would have been impossible without the all-encompassing support of the Director General of the Direction
Generale des Antiquites, Mr. Frederic Husseini. We are immensely indebted to Mrs. Renata Ortali-Tarazi for her efforts to
make our working time at the site effective.
The Mission was directed by Dr. Tomasz Waliszewski, assisted by Mrs. Renata Ortali-Tarazi representing the DGA.
The staff included Dr. Mahmoud el-Tayeb, Ms Marzena Luszczewska, Mr. Kazimierz Kotlewski, Ms Ingrid Perisse
(Universite de Bordeaux), Ms Urszula Wicenciak, archaeologists; Mr. Marek Puszkarski, draftsman; Mr. Krzysztof
Chmielewski, conservator; Ms Magdalena Bilewicz, Ms Agnieszka Dgbska, Ms Marta Tchorzewska, Ms Malgorzata
Wybieralska, Mr. Miroslaw Kostanek, Mr. Artur Radomski, Mr. Grzegorz Grabek, Mr. Pawel Tchorek, students of
archaeology (Warsaw University); Ms Nathalie Hanna, Ms Myriam Ziade, Mr. Yahya Balhawan, Ms Joyce Nassar, students
of archaeology (Universite Saint-Joseph in Beirut).

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